Improved carpet-lining



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

WILLIAM FUZZARD,'OF CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVED CARPET-LINING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 64,092, dated April 23,1867.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM FUzzARD, ot'

Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and Improved Carpet-Lining; and I d'0 hereby dcclareythat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

Carpets, when laid upon a naked tloor, soon become Worn and materiallydisiigured ou account of a lack of elasticity, and to cbviate thisdifficulty linings of various kinds have been employed. The originallining consisted simply of straw spread evenly over the door, and oldnewspapers have been used for the pinpose; but more recently factitiouslinings have been devised, the one in most general use, and nowextensively manufactured, consisting of shoddy77 batting interposedbetween paper sheets. This lining greatly protects the carpet,preventing abrasion and wear; but it is objectionable on account ot'furnishing aharbor for moths, and not permitting thc dust to passthrough it.

My invention is designed to obviate these difficulties, and at the sametime retain the advantage of elasticity pertaining to the present liningin use. To this end I construct av lining or" stift' paper, pasteboard,or a sized tentile or other suitable fabric, bent, corrugated, or foldedin such a manner as to give it elasticity or a spring-like action, andat the same time to form receptacles for the dust which may pass throughthe carpet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of'a floor having my improved lining, and a carpet applied to it, w a',Fig. 2, indicating the line of section; Fig. 2, a plan or top view ofthe same; Fig. 3, a vertical section of a tloor having my im provementapplied to it, slightly modified from that shown in Figs. l and 2, y y,Fig. 4, indicating the line of section; and Fig. 4 is a plan or top viewof Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts. v

I construct my invention out of strips, A, of stiff paper, pasteboard,or sized cloth or other suitable fabric, of a width equal to that of thebreadths of the carpet, the material being in a continuous roll. Thesestrips I bend or fold transversely in a zigzag manner, as shown clearlyin Fig. 1, so as to form chambers or recesses a., with openings b attheir upper parts, and intermediate chambers a', with openings b' attheir lower parts. This folding up of the material imparts a certaindegree of elasticity to it, admitting of a spring-like action, andpreserving the carpet, B, which is laid over it from abrasion and wear,and at the same time the chambers a a serve as receptacles for dust, andno harbor is afforded for moths.

In laying down this lining it may, if necessary, be increased inthickness by slightly stretching it longitudinally, and then tacking theends to the oor, the stretching of the lin' ing causing the inclinedsides c of the chambers a c to assume a more elevated position.

In Figs. 2 and 3 the material is shown with a different fold, what maybe termed a single lap. By this fold chambers d are formed andelasticity obtained, the result being substantially the same in bothcases. y

From the above description it will be seen that the article may be verycheaply manufactured. The material is not costly, and the folding may beei'ected rapidly by a simple machine.

Havin g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a carpetliningconstructed of stiff paper, pasteboard, or a sized textile or othersuitable fabric, bent, corrugated, or folded to effect the resultsubstantially as herein set forth.

WILLIAM FUZZARD.

Witnesses JOHN F. HAINEs, JOHN SABINE.

